Tanner and Brooklynn got their birthday presents a little early this year- bikes with training wheels! We found them on Craigslist for really cheap, and they're in pretty good condition. We decided to get them early because it's going to start getting chilly outside soon, so now is the time for bike riding.
Tanner lost a tooth last week! He was so excited, he couldn't even handle it. He put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy that night. He was sad at first, because he didn't want to part with his precious tooth. But when he found a handful of coins under his pillow the next morning, all thoughts of the tooth were forgotten.
And here are some pictures of Brookie. This is a new night gown that Grandma Niederhauser gave her, and she LOVES it!
Josh's work is kind of a mystery to me, since I can't just go and watch him on the job (and never will be able to). I hear stories, and he tells me all about it, but that's about the extent that I know. So whenever the residents post photos on Facebook, it's kind of exciting to me because I get little glimpses of what Josh is up to at the hospital.
So far, it looks like he eats cake and texts on his cell phone. Hmmm...
Travis is transitioning to solid foods and finger foods now. He likes bread, avocados, sweet potatoes, cottage cheese, bananas, pears, etc. In these pictures, he had a little bit of banana on his forehead that he was saving for later.
Mosquitoes are rampant right now here in New Jersey. Tanner was playing outside one day for only a little while, but he came in looking like he had been eaten alive. He had bites all over his legs, arms, and face. Feeling very distraught over the whole thing, Tanner asked me, "Why did Jesus send mosquitoes here?" :) Even I don't know the answer to that.
Today we went on a trip to Seven Presidents Oceanfront Beach. It was Travis's first beach experience, and the only time that we will go this summer, so I was a little camera happy. I couldn't resist taking a bunch of pictures. But it was worth it! We had a lot of fun. It was overcast and windy, which made Brooklynn super grumpy, but the boys didn't mind it one bit!
Here are Travis and Little Miss Grump Grump. She sat on that towel, wrapped in another towel, for the first 2 hours that we were there. Seriously...
Thanks to the weather, hardly anyone came and we had a good chunk of the beach to ourselves.
Not sure if that sand tastes good...
Brooklynn eventually broke out of her grumpy shell just enough to start playing with the sand around the towel that she was sitting on.
Seagulls started surrounding Brookie and she got terrified.
This is Travis and me chasing the seagulls away from her.
Travis loved the beach. He wasn't bothered by the sand, wind, or water. He was in heaven.
Despite the tight pony tail I pulled back and the gallon of hairspray I plastered her head with, those whisps still managed to get out.
Finally, this little girl let me carry her away from her stakeout spot.
